[215] Kyōgen Zenshū, p. 541. This farce is a parody of such Nō-plays as Ukai.

[216] The Buddhist “Six Ways,” Rokudō.

[217] See Ukai, p. [127].

[218] Or, according to Fenollosa, bought a stage belonging to an ex-daimyō.

[219] Or rather “arranger,” for in many instances he adapted already existing Dengaku or Kōwaka.

Transcriber’s Note

The play “Haku Rakuten” has an Act II, but no Act I.

Illustrations have been moved next to the text which they illustrate. and may not match the locations in the List of Illustrations.

All instances of “i.e.” have been regularised to “i. e.”.